Basketball Game Preview: Knoxville Blue Bullets vs. Galva Wildcats

By Team Reports Jan 31, 2025, 1:06am

Basketball Preview: Knoxville Blue Bullets vs. Galva Wildcats

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Previous Games

02/08/23 - Away59-66 L
01/14/23 - Home35-26 W
02/09/22 - Home48-20 W
01/12/22 - Neutral40-25 W
11/20/19 - Neutral57-23 W
+ 2 more games

Knoxville is 6-1 against Galva since November of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Knoxville Blue Bullets will take on the Galva Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Knoxville is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Abingdon/Avon just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost to the Tornadoes at home by a 66-50 margin. While losing is never fun, the Blue Bullets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Tornadoes are ranked 51st).

Meanwhile, Galva was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell 47-37 to Bureau Valley.

Galva's loss dropped their record down to 4-17. As for Knoxville, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-11.

Knoxville came up short against Galva in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, falling 66-59. Can Knoxville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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